Charles Widmore was not only one of the original Others, but he used to live on the island!!!! Oh, and he was gorgeous. But his good looks have little to do with anything. Or do they? Here’s my theory based on what we learned last night. Not only is Charles Daniel’s father, but Ellie — the blonde Other who introduced us to the h-bomb — is Daniel’s mother. Ellie also goes by Mrs. Hawking, the grey-haired woman Ben spoke with at the end of the season premiere.

I know, that’s a lot to swallow, right — let’s break it down.

1) Charles was funding Daniel’s experiments at Oxford because he was working on practical implementations of time travel. But how would Widdy even know about this random chap? Because he keeps close tabs on all his kids.

2) Daniel spent a lot of time explaining who he was, and where he came from, to Ellie right before the island flashed, giving her incontrovertible proof that he was telling the truth. And as “Lost” has proven time and again, inconsequential characters are never privy to long expositional speeches unless they are (or will become) major players in the show.

3) Desmond found out that Daniel’s mother is no longer in England, but in Los Angeles — where Mrs. Hawking must have been based judging from Ben’s visit in the season premiere.

Last night Daniel told Ellie that the best way to dispose of the h-bomb was to bury it, and that was in the year 1954. What if his then-disappearance convinced her that was the best tactic and that buried bomb became the Swan station. Therefore entering the numbers really did release a small amount of energy from “Jughead.”

But when Desmond & Co. decided to stop entering 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, Jacob knew that it would destroy the island. So the flash of light from the season two finale that, up until now, we always assumed was the dispersal of the energy, was in fact the omnipresent overlord moving the island. Looking back, Ben did appear to be very concerned/angry/scared about what was happening.

2) The Jungle Whispers Belong To Juliet, Sawyer, etc…

For most of the first two seasons, the whispers in the jungle remained major mysteries. Who? What? How? Why? Then with the reveal of The Others, we all just assumed they were behind the quiet chatter — but what if the voices we were hearing actually belonged to all of the 815-ers moving through time?